With this milestone, Gambhir also becomes the 13th player to score more than 6,000 runs in the format. He also becomes the fourth Indian after Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma to achieve the landmark. As for the most runs in T20 career, it is still the big Jamaican Chris Gayle, who leads the chart with over 10,000 runs, followed by the likes of Brendon McCullum, Brad Hodge, David Warner, Kieron Pollard, Shoaib Malik, Dwayne Smith, Luke Wright, David Hussey and Kumar Sangakkara. Full Cricket Updates, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) vs Delhi Daredevils (DD), IPL 2017, Match 32 at Eden Gardens

Gambhir is also now the third most run scorer in IPL, as he is preceded by Suresh Raina and Virat Kohli, as a result making him the third Indian to achieve the landmark. Gambhir has now most runs (3,311) for an IPL captain, surpassing MS Dhoni. He is now followed by Dhoni, Kohli, Adam Gilchrist and Rohit.